European Union Committee

Lord Kilclooney Excerpts

Tuesday 22nd June 2010 Lords Chamber

[The Chairman of Committees]

I exceeded my brief in that case, and I apologise to the House. The noble Lord, Lord Stoddart, unfortunately must have missed the debate we had last week when I brought forward the Liaison Committee’s report, which looked at whether we should have a foreign affairs committee, and rejected that proposal. It also looked at the structure of the European Union Committee and decided that it does a valuable job and there is no need to change the main committee or the structures of the sub-committees. I think that, on the whole, that reflects the view of the House.

[Lord Kilclooney]

My Lords, in deciding the membership of this committee, were any members of UKIP consulted by the normal channels?

[The Chairman of Committees]

The noble Lord asked whether UKIP was consulted. The answer is no. I beg to move.